"...with God all things are possible..."
Brought to you by Rose of Sharon Ministries
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We have something coming up this Saturday that is awsome. A female soldier
returning from Iraq. She doesn't want media coverage. She just wants veterans
there to share their stories. We have about 30 veterans coming so far who served
in Nam and the Middle East.
Spunk Town Tavern in Boyertown
Boyertown, Pa
3:00 P.M.
January 12, 2007
Regardless of how you feel about the wars, we all must support our soldiers. This is where Florence's project comes in: She has been sending CD's to our men and women to help lighten the load of being far from home in a hostile environment.
Florence was privileged to be invited to the White House. Below is her "diary."
God blessed me and my daughter with a room at the Washington Plaza Hotel, which is 6 blocks from the White House. Our room was at the front with a beautiful view. We were in the room resting when my daughter said, "Mom, come look!" We looked out the window and a stretch limo was going down the street with several policemen on motor cycles and police cars, etc. I got excited because I knew they were headed to the White House.When we arrived at the White House I took Eboni's hand and I said, "Once we cross this threshold, our lives will be forever changed!"
I asked, "Are you ready?" and she answered, "Yes Mom!" The door opened and I heard the words,
"Welcome to the White House." I looked into the eyes of a man dressed in one of the most beautifully decorated uniforms I have ever seen. We were surrounded by staff waiting on us hand and foot and greeting us warmly. We were escorted into the area to meet President and Mrs. Bush.
It was an occasion where the President and his wife said, in essence,
"Welcome to our home, make yourselves comfortable." We walked around the East Wing where
life-changing decisions that affected our whole Nation were made. It would take a full day just to take in all that was in one room. I walked on marbled floors
where the feet of some of the most powerful people on Earth had walked. I looked at the splendor and all of the history on the walls in every room. I sat in
the chairs where Presidents sat. I walked around touching things that they had held in their hands.
The greatest gift was to stand holding the hand of our Commander in Chief, the most powerful man in the
Free World! The man who has the weight of our Great Nation on his shoulders and the eyes of the world upon him!
To know that I stand there because another great man, Ambrose F. Duckett, Sr, dared to believe God and His promises regarding his children. He realized that if he “...raised us in the way that we should go we would not depart from it even in our old age.”
I looked across and saw Eboni standing next the the First Lady. There are no words to express my gratitude because I can share this experience with my soldiers. I write this with tears in my eyes because I have been honored by such a man!
I have been shown love and respect by my most favorite Command Chaplain on planet Earth, Command Chaplain John Franklin of the USS Roosevelt. He arranged a personal tour of the Roosevelt for me that I will remember for the rest of my life. I have been shown kindness by Command Chaplain Edward Milliner, and Chaplain Timothy Powell, stationed at Camp Le Jeune. They extended themselves to me when I requested a visit to say “thank you” to my soldiers. Like Queen Esther in the Old Testament, I have gone before the King!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
When I said "Yes" to the Lord in 1979 I told Him, "If You will build me my own recording studio in my home, let me travel the world preaching and teaching for You and be able to eat in any restaurant on planet
Earth without having to read the menu from right to left, I will serve You until I die!"
It has ALL come to fruition, and again I say:
"With God all things are possible!"
At the end of it all I said to Eboni, "How do you top being invited to the White House by one of the most powerful men on
earth?"
"How do you top standing where royalty has stood?"
"How do you top eating some of the best food on planet earth?"
"How do you top being able to share this experience with my daughter?"
She looked at me with tears in her eyes and she said, "We go home!"
Yours in Christ,
Florence,
Be Blessed because you are!